Senior Buyer
Company: Hudson Group
Location: Hoboken
Posted on: June 22, 2022
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Job Description:
Grow With Us!
Hudson is North America's leading travel retailer. For over 30
years, Hudson has met the needs and wants of travelers in more than
1,000 duty-free, duty-paid, and food & beverage stores. We couldn't
serve our customers, landlords, and partners in airports, commuter
terminals, hotels, and casinos without the continued support of our
greatest assets: our team members. We're dedicated to hiring and
training exceptional team members, who are committed to serving the
customer as the Traveler's Best Friend. We strive to ensure we're
fulfilling our team members' career potentials through training,
skills-development, and career pathways - as our team members grow
and succeed both personally and professionally, so does Hudson.
The Senior Buyer position is for you, if you would enjoy:
Coaching and developing a team of Buyers and Buyers Assistants
Maintaining contacts with industry to identify and evaluate trends
and product innovations
Key Accountabilities - your team is counting on you as a Senior
Buyer to:
Coaches and develops a team of Buyers and Buying Assistants
Ensures that all staff prepares and implements plans for all
assigned categories and business product segments
Maintains contact with industry to identify and evaluate trends and
product innovations
Develops strategies to maximize space, product distribution, vendor
and pricing synergies for assigned categories and product
segments
Approves product assortments, negotiates with vendors and ensures
that the team establish initial purchase quantities, pricing,
display and liquidation plans
Analyzes category and product performance and obtains input from
operations to ensure that merchandise products and vendor
performance maximize sales, inventory and margin performance
targets
Ensures that all established contract terms, concept and product
display standards, and merchandising guidelines are followed
Ensures all customs rules and regulations are adhered to for all
applicable Duty Free categories, buying, warehousing, and receiving
activities
Analyzes product and vendor performance to maximize sales,
profitability, inventory flow and turnover goals
Manages supplier network through preferred vendor matrix
Manages vendor/supplier logistics and freight management
procedures
Senior Buyer Required Qualifications:
Requires a Bachelors degree
Requires 5 years experience in Retail Buying or Retail Operations
in progressive growth in buying responsibilities; Duty Free
experience if applicable
Requires proven track record as a buying executive in a
geographically dispersed retail organization and demonstrated
merchandising skills; knowledge of store operations, distribution
and logistics; technical retail skills and the ability to interpret
market research and product performance
Requires experience negotiating contracts and managing third
party/outsourced relationships
Requires computer skills including Microsoft Office and other
accounting, retail systems
Requires ability to travel; position requires travel up to 30% of
the time
Requires strong technical oral, written and interpersonal
communication skills
Some of our Company-Offered Benefits & Perks Include:
Health & Well Being: Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
Various Personal and Parental Leave Programs
Universal Life Insurance
Retirement Programs & Matching Employee Contributions: 401K &
RRSP
20% off Hudson Employee Discount
Employee Recognition & Anniversary Programs
Training, Development, and Growth Opportunities
Tuition Assistance & Scholarship Programs
For additional information on our benefits, please visit:
https://www.hudsongroup.com/careers/our-perks.
Hudson is an Equal Opportunity Employer of all qualified
individuals. All employment decisions are made without regard to
age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national
origin, citizenship, disability, military leave or veteran status,
genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable
federal, state or local law. We are committed to creating an
inclusive workplace in which we value diversity and unique
experiences, backgrounds and identities.
All offers are contingent upon successful completion and passing of
background checks and/or employment verification results.
Note to Staffing Agencies: Please do not directly contact Hudson
hiring managers regarding candidates for our positions. If
assistance is needed in filling any position for Hudson, a member
of the talent team will reach out directly vetted agency
partners.
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